The Arizona sentinel., 1887-05-28
PIN-MoNEY POINTERS.
A Spring and Summer Wardrobe Com
 plete for Twenty-Five Dollars.

of dresses, hats and wraps for $25 is g feat that most economical maidens, a.
 we'll as those older in the world, may
 well envy; yet this was accomplished ed last week by young lady who earn;
 her own living, and occupies one of
 hose positions where she must dress neatly, even nicely, on very small
 salary. How she secured her tasteful wardrobe at so low a figure is best told by her own words:
 During the warm weather I am Sc
 busy, and, besides, I have no inclina. ton to stay in doors and sew, and concluded this year to get all the clothing that needed until the fall as early as possible in the spring. knew that had to have an entire new walking dress, which must also do service for church on Sundays; then a jacket and hat to go with it, were also necessary. For summer wear, every. day, must have two light dresses, and thought that dark sateens would be the most serviceable as well as 8 saving in washing, and for my best summer dress, I concluded to get a white one. These four, I think, will clothe me nicely all spring and sum. mer."
 The street dress was first inspected. It is of soft, light, all-wool cheviot, 8 deep gray in color, and is made with a side-plaited skirt, short front and long back drapery, with vest collar and cuffs of black velvet. The cheviot was S5 cents a yard, double width. The same goods is down cheaper now. coming in all tko now shades. It took eight yards of material, one of velvet at Sl.20 and another $1 for lining, besides $2 for making the basque and draping the skirt, in all $7 for very neat and pretty suit. The jacket to go with it is made out of two yards of the material, lined with scarlet silesia and cost for cutting and making $2. The hat is a pale gray straw, costing untrimmed $1. 50. and is faced with bias piece of black velvet left from the dress, and trimmed with full loopings of gray silk feather-edged ribbon, three yards at 30 cents a yard and a long silver spike pin holding the bows, the cost of the latter being 25 cents. The whole outfit cost within SIS, and is as ladylike and jaunty as any girl could desire.
 '1 had to be very economical in pur- chasing my other dresses, you see, having spent so much for one," said the little financier. 'Imade the sateens myself, with the exception of cutting and fitting the basques. I could have done that after a fashion, but I think a dress is spoiled unless it fits we'll"
 The sateens cost 15 cents yard, and there are ten yards in each one. A dark blue, with a tiny crimson sprig in it, is made with full skirt edged with two six-inch box plaits, long apron-front overdress, the back being square and looped full. The basque has a little plaited vest of crimson and a collar and cuffs piped with the same. The other sateen is pretty chestnut brown, with small, white cross-bar plaid in it, and resembles in finish the summer silks now so much worn. The skirt has three founces, reaching little above the knee, and short drapery in front, with a full sash back. The waist is made with a yoke and pufed sleeves, and is belted in. The en- tire cost of these two pretty gowns, with S2 for cutting and fitting, Things and buttons, was just $6. A hat suited to both of these dresses is little brown straw with a scarlet silk bow, which cost $1 altogether, 50 cents for the hat and the same amount for the scarlet scarf.
 My white dress is ever so pretty. think. and only cost me $3.50 The lawn was 20 cents yard, and with $1 for the embroidered front and 50 cents for the narrow edging, the material cost me $3.1O."
 The dress is made with full plaited back from the waist to the deep hem; the front is of the embroidery slightly gathered. and the basque has pretty, simulated vest front of embroidery, with the sleeves and edge trimmed to correspond.
 ''With the S2 had left from my S25 | l bought nice black parasol. It will go with all my dresses and will also do me for an umbrella" remarked the economist, as she turned her white dress inside out and hung it up in her until warm weather.-M r Journal